Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) Beyond the Year 2000

Abstract

The goal of this paper is to project those video or picture based Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) systems likely to enter military inventories and alter mission planning in the year 2000 and beyond. Therefore, this paper avoids a discussion of specific technical approaches and their relative merits that often leads into proprietary or classified discussions. An emphasis is place on the attributes of ATR as a military product and the factors that will determine the success or failure of efforts to move them in large quantities into military inventories. Some suggestions will be given on how the time to market can be shortened and where video ATR systems will first appear on the post cold war battlefield.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010405

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  • William H. Licata

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Defense
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • False Alarms
  • False Targets
  • Recognition
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Systems Engineering
  • Target Recognition
  • Warning Systems

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  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Systems Analysis and Design